Bag-frame.



No. 838,858. PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906. C. HIERING 61: A. FULLER.

BAG FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15, 1905.

WITNESSES A TTORNEY5- UNTTED ETATES PATENT OFFTCE.

CHRISTIAN HIERING AND ALBERT FULLER, OF NEWVARK, NEI/V JERSEY, ASSIGNORS TO J. E. MERGOTT COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWV JERSEY.

BAG-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed November 15.1905. Serial No. 287,419.

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Be it known that we, CHRISTIAN HIERING and ALBERT FULLER, citizens of the United St ates, residing in the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Frames, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag handle and frame embodying our improvement. Fig. 2 is a top plan of the frame and handlecaps with a central catch omitted. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on lines X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one modification of the locking-clip. Fig. 6 is a plan view. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of another modification of the lockingclip. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the handle-cap and support detached from both handle and frame. Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 10 is a side elevation of the handle-cap support with the cap removed. Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a modification of the handle-cap. Figs. 12 and 13 are sectional views of modifications of the handle-cap.

Similar reference-numerals refer to like parts throughout the specification and drawmgs.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved combined bag-handle cap and lock of such a character that when the handle of the bag is in the position illustrated in Fig. 1 the bag will be locked in such a manner that accidental opening of the same is prevented, even though the ordinary locking means for the bag may be out of order.

The ordinary bag-frame is composed of two hinged members 1 and 2, to-which the fabric of the bag is attached in any usual or ordinary manner. Upon member 1 of the frame we secure the base plates or pieces 3 by means of the projecting nibs 4, which are passed through the apertures in the bagi'rame and bent over. This is the usual and ordinary method of securing the base-plate to the frame. Mounted upon this base-pl ate are the standards 5 and 6. The standard 5 is of the usual or ordinary construction, provided with the aperture for the reception of the cap 7. The standard 6 is of irregular contour, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 10, and

is provided with the projection 11, which passes into the aperture 12 through the round end of the cap 7, and when assembled the projection 11 is riveted down into the bottom of the cap 7, thereby avoiding any liability for said cap to become detached from the standard. Upon the side of the cap 7 we secure, by means of the rivet 12, the cam -piece 13 with the projection 14 upon its face. This projection 14 may be, if desired, an enlarged head of the rivet 12, as shown in Fig. 3.

Upon member 2 of the bag-frame we secure in any convenient manner, as by riveting, the clip or bar 15, bent over, as illustrated in either Fig. 1 or Fig. 5. Upon the outer end of this clip we provide an indentation 16 to register with the projection 14 upon the cap 7 when said parts are in the po sition as illustrated in Fig. 3.

It will now be noted that when the bagframe is closed and in the position illustrated in Fig. 3, with the handle lying in the same plane as the body of the frame, the projection 14 will fall into the indentation 16, and thereby hold the hinged members of the bagframe in locked position, as when carrying the bag by the handle. It will be noted,

however, that upon throwing the handle in I any position other than the-vertical position (illustrated in Fig. 3) the projection 14 will be carried out of the indentation 16, and thus the two parts of the frame may be readily separated and the bag opened.

In Fig. 11 we have illustrated a modification in which we have substituted forthe projection 14 upon the cap 7 a series of apertures 17, and for the indentation 16 upon the clip 15 we provide a slight elevation or projection 18, as illustrated in Fig. 7. In other words, the locking devices are in substance reversed. The operation, howevenis substantially the same, and when any one of the apertures 17 is in engagement 'with the projection 18 the bag-frame will be locked, as-described.

In Fig. 8 we have illustrateda modification in which the cam-piece 13 is formed integral with the cap instead of being made of a separate piece and secured to the cap by means of a rivet, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 12 the cam-piece 13 is provided with two nibs, which are passed through the opening formed in the cap 7, and then the projecting ends of the nibs are bent over on the inside of the cap.

In Fig. 13 we have illustrated a modification in which an extension 13 is formed in the cap 7, designed to engage with the locking-clip 15.

We claim 1. In a handle-cap and lock for bag-frames, the combination of a pair of hinged bagframe members, a cap or socket secured to one of said frame members said cap being provided with a locking member, a spring locking member secured to the other frame member and designed to interlock with the first locking member.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bag-frame composed of two hinged members, a spring locking-clip secured to one of said members, a cap or socket mounted to oscillate upon the other frame member, said cap having means thereon to engage and interlock with said locking-clip.

3. In a combined bag-frame lock and bandle-cap, the combination of a pair of hinged bag-frame members, a handle cap or socket mounted to oscillate upon one of said frame members, a spring locking-clip secured to the other frame member, said handle cap or socket and clip, each having means for interlocking said socket and clip together.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination of a pair of hinged bag-frame members, a handle socket or cap mounted upon one of said members, said socket or cap being provided with a cam-piece lock member upon its face, a spring-clip secured to the other frame member, said clip having a por tion extending toward the said socket or cap, and having means thereon to engage and interlock with the cam-piece of said cap or socket.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination of a bag-frame member, a base plate secured thereto, an apertured standard, and a second standard mounted upon said base-plate, said second standard having a pivot thereon integral therewith, a cap or socket inserted through the aperture of said apertured standard and secured to the pivot of said second standard.

6. In a handle-cap and lock for bag-frames,

the combination of a base-plate, two standards mounted upon said base-plate, one of said standards being provided with an aper ture and the other being provided with an integral pivot orprojection directed toward said apertured standard, and a cap or socket in serted through said apertured standard, and secured to said pivot or projection.

7. In a handle-cap and lock for bag-frames, the combination of an oscillating socket member, a locking member upon the face of said socket member, and a spring 1ockingclip designed to engage and interlock with said locking member.

8. In a handle-cap and lock for bag-frames, the combination of an apertured standard and a pivot-bearing standard, a hollow conoidal socket or cap inserted through said apertured standard and pivotally secured to the pivot of said pivot-bearing standard.

9. Ina handle-cap and lock for bag-frames, the combination of an apertured standard and a pivot-bearing standard, a conoidal socket or cap provided with an aperture in the apex thereof, said cap being inserted through said apertured standard, and pivotally mounted upon the other standard by inserting the pivot thereon through the aperture in the apex of said cap, and thereafter riveting said pivot upon the inside of said cap.

10. In a combined bag-frame lock and handle-cap, the combination of a bag-frame member, a base-plate secured thereto, an apertured standard and a pivot-bearing standard mounted upon said base-plate, a cap or socket inserted through the aperture of said apertured standard and secured to the pivot of said pivot-bearing standard,a locking member upon said cap or socket a second bagframe member provided with a locking-clip designed to engage and interlock with said locking member upon the cap or socket.

11. In a combined bag-frame lock and handle-cap, the combination of a pair of hinged bag-frame members, a base-plate mounted upon one of said members, a pair of standards mounted upon said base-plates, one of said standards being provided with an aperture and the other provided with a pivot directed toward said aperture a cap or socket inserted through said aperture and secured to said pivot, a locking member upon said cap or socket and a 1ocking-clip mounted upon the other bag-frame member said locking member and locking-clip being designed to engage and interlock.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1 1th day of November, 1905.

CHRISTIAN HIERING. ALBERT FULLER. Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FISCHER, LOUIS M. SANDERS. 

